As we are continuing to hear such devastating news about the Russian invasion of Ukraine, I know that we are feeling quite discouraged and disheartened. Join us on Tuesday for our discussion on NATO Literacy.
I am also inviting you to send me ideas for next year’s program.
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This evening, Monday, March 7th the Massey Book Club will discuss Divided Loyalties by Nilofar Shidmehr. Presented by Senior Fellow Payam Akhavan. The conversation will begin at 7:45pm ET.
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Join the conversation for a special Massey Dialogues on Tuesday, March 8th from 4:00-5:00pm in person or online on Ukraine and Why NATO Literacy is Critical with our expert panel: Amb. Sabine Sparwasser, Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to Canada; David Collenette, Former Minister of National Defence of Canada and Kerry Buck, Former Canadian Ambassador to NATO . Moderated by Massey’s Senior Fellow in Foreign and Defence Policy, Amb. Rosemary McCarney.
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The next Senior Fellow Luncheon, will present Senior Fellow Payam Akhavan who will speak on International Law and Climate Justice for Small Island States. Payam is a Member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague, Special Advisor on Genocide to the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, and delivered the CBC Massey Lecture in 2017. Join us in-person for lunch in the Upper Library, on Wednesday, March 9th, or tune in online at 1:15pm to hear his remarks.
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On Thursday, March 10th – 7:00pm ET. We are screening Toxic Beauty by Phyllis Ellis followed by a panel discussion with the filmmaker, Dr. Rick Smith, Junior Fellow Sivani Baskaran and our Filmmaker in Residence, Peter Raymont.
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Join us for the High Table to celebrate International Women’s Day, Friday, March 11th at 6:00pm ET. Supreme Court of Canada Justice Andromache Karakatsanis is our invited speaker.
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Massey College Music Salon presents New Origins: On the edge of jazz with Rich Brown and Sam Little on Wednesday, March 16th at 7:45pm ET.
Join internationally renowned bassist Rich Brown, in conversation with Junior Fellow Sam Little, as they discuss modern extemporizations in jazz. Rich’s career history, and his personal take on music, draw from a diverse pool of influences to create a unique style of jazz that is truly his own. He will perform a few of his solo pieces, and if we’re lucky a collaborative piece with Sam.
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On Wednesday, March 16th from 4:00-5:00pm ET, join the Massey Dialogues on Science and aesthetics. Interdisciplinary connections between Science and non-Science disciplines are varied, but a particularly interesting case is how investigations of scientific phenomena relate to ideas from many disciplines about aesthetics. This panel will include Junior Fellows Hannah Morand and Nathaniel Starkman in conversation with Dr. Adam Hammond from the University of Toronto Department of English and Dr. Joel Ong from York University’s School of the Arts, Media, Performance and Design.
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On Thursday, March 17th, join the final installment of our Ethics Series on Sports from 12:00-1:00pm ET with three-time Canadian Paralympian and gold medalist Stephanie Dixon; Olympian, journalist and Professor of Kinesiology and Physical Education Bruce Kidd, and sports journalist and author Geoff Kirbyson.
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Also on Thursday, March 17th – 7:00pm ET we will screen Tales from the Organ Trade followed by a panel discussion with filmmaker, Ric Bienstock, and Peter Raymont with Journalism Fellow Patrick Egwu
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I am hosting a Dîner de la francophonie on Monday, March 21st at 6:00pm. Plusieurs invités de la francophonie académique canadienne et de la ville de Toronto seront des nôtres. I will do the introductions in French and will provide an English translation. Please join us.
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Further events in March:
On Wednesday, March 23rd, join the conversation on Infrastructure for the 21st Century from 4:00-5:00pm ET in the Upper Library or view online. I will speak with Catherine McKenna the former Minister of Infrastructure and Communities, Principal and Founder Climate and Nature Solutions/Women Leading on Climate, Prof. Matti Siemiatycki director of the Infrastructure Institute, and Senior Fellow Shoshanna Saxe Canada Research Chair in Sustainable Infrastructure about what infrastructure investment needs to look like in the 21st century.
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Do not forget about the Alumni Dinner for the 1963-1979 Junior Fellow cohort also happening on the evening of Wednesday, March 23rd. I would like to encourage those Alumni (and their guests) who were present at the College in those years to come and to bring memories of their friendships, research and institutional experiences with them!
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Press Club is happening on Thursday, March 24th at 7:45pm ET. Join Denise Balkissoon, Ontario bureau chief of The Narwhal, James McCarten, editor of The Canadian Press Style Guide, and Toronto Star columnist Heather Mallick as they discuss the evolving language norms in Canadian media. The event will be moderated by William Southam Journalism Fellow Michael Barclay.
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Join us for Convocation High Table on Friday, March 25th. We will celebrate or 2021- 2022 graduates.
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On Monday, March 28th we will host the book launch of Hearts on Fire: Six Years that Changed Canadian Music by William Southam Journalism Fellow Michael Barclay. 4:30pm ET in the Junior Common Room. Books are available for preorder through ECW Press here.
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SAVE THE DATE
- Conference on April 11 & 12 – The Notwithstanding Clause at 40: Canadian Constitutional Democracy at a Crossroads. Details here: https://masseycollege.ca/events/the-notwithstanding-clause-at-40-canadian-constitutional-democracy-at-a-crossroads/
- Alumni Dinner for the 1980-1999 cohort – Wednesday, April 13.
- 60th Anniversary Celebration of the William Southam Journalism Fellowships with keynote speaker, Maria Ressa– Saturday, April 23. Register to attend here.
- Book Club Gala with Lawrence Hill – Friday, May 6. Register to attend here.
COMMUNITY NEWS
Senior Fellow Gerald McMaster has received a Governor General’s Award in Visual Arts and Media. These awards represent the most prestigious distinctions for excellence in visual and media arts in Canada. Read the citation here.
James Cullingham has published a new book, Two Dead White Men – Duncan Campbell Scott, Jacques Soustelle and the Failure of Indigenous Policy with Seneca Press. More about the book here.
Senior Fellow Jeffrey Dvorkin was recently interviewed in the Toronto Star… an interesting read on discerning credibility of news reporting coming out of Ukraine and Russia. Read it in full here.
Nathalie
